EP2370016B1 - Gerät zur Laserbehandlung mit einer Emissionsspitze für eine kontaktfreie Verwendung - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to a laser cutting device for cutting hard and/or soft materials and, more particularly, to a laser delivery system for supplying components to the laser treatment device.
- a conventional medical handpiece comprises a waveguide (e.g., a fiber optic or trunk fiber) connected to a laser housing or module that provides electromagnetic (e.g., laser) energy that can be directed to a target surface such as bone or dental tissue by the handpiece in order to accomplish cutting of the tissue.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a prior-art handpiece 100 comprising a waveguide 105 that receives laser energy from the laser housing. The energy is transmitted through a window 110 and is reflected from a 90-degree mirror 115. Energy reflected from the mirror 115 is directed to a tip or ferrule 120 that directs the laser energy to the target surface.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate isolated elements of handpieces generally similar to that of FIG. 1 and demonstrate representative prior-art designs of laser handpieces.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a device 200 comprising a waveguide 205 that emits laser energy and a flat window 210 through which the laser energy 212 is transmitted before reaching a concave reflector 215.
- Laser energy 217 reflected from the reflector 215 enters a tip 220 whence laser energy 222 output from the tip 220 may be directed to a target surface.
- the device 200 illustrated in FIG. 2 exhibits a diverging (e.g., spreading) of the laser energy 212 leaving the window 210.
- the concave reflector 215 may mitigate an effect of the spreading laser energy 212 by focusing the laser energy 217 entering the tip 220, such compensation in the example still does not provide an adequate net correction, as the tip 220 in the example continues to emit diverging laser energy 222.
- FIG. 3 it illustrates a prior-art device 300 comprising a waveguide 305 and a convex lens 310 that may reduce a diverging effect of laser energy 307 at the pre-reflector stage, directing laser energy 312 onto a flat reflector 315 from which laser energy 317 is directed through a flat window or tip 320 thereby producing laser energy 322 that can be focused onto a target, typically a few millimeters in front of the window 320.
- the document DE 38 00 555 A1 relates to a laser ablation device with a focusing handpiece.
- each of the devices illustrated in FIGS. 1-3 is typically disposed very near, or even touching, the target surface owing to a shape and/or distribution of the electromagnetic laser energy emitted from an emitting surface of the device. Accordingly, back reflection of components from the target including, for example, fluids, particles, debris, energy (e.g., pressure waves), power-beam and/or visible light can reach the emitting surface, thereby degrading performance of the laser device.
- components from the target including, for example, fluids, particles, debris, energy (e.g., pressure waves), power-beam and/or visible light
- a handpiece for laser tissue cutting comprising a window that receives electromagnetic energy, and a reflector that redirects the electromagnetic energy received from the window to a tip, the tip directing the electromagnetic energy received from the reflector to a target surface (e.g., or other chosen vicinity, such as an "interaction zone" defined in the below-referenced Pat. 5,574,247 ) at a distance (e.g., a selected distance) from an emitting surface of the tip.
- the selected distance is chosen to reduce back reflection of components from the target to the emitting surface to a level that negligibly impedes tissue cutting.
- An implementation herein disclosed focuses the electromagnetic energy directed to the target surface at the selected distance.
- One or more of the window, reflector, and tip may be adapted to provide a desired distribution of electromagnetic energy at the target surface (e.g., or other chosen vicinity).
- One or more of the window, reflector, and tip may be adapted to provide a desired disruption, as a consequence of, inter alias, the electromagnetic energy at the target surface.
- the emitting surface of the handpiece exhibits at least in part, and typically all of, the functionality of a converging lens.
- the handpiece may comprise a fluid output adapted to emit fluid particles, whereby electromagnetic energy emitted from the emitting surface imparts energy into the fluid particles to thereby apply disruptive forces to the target surface.
- Another handpiece includes a reference arm adapted to facilitate spacing of the tip from the target surface.
- a laser handpiece 400 comprising a waveguide 405, which may be, for example, an optical fiber, that receives electromagnetic energy (e.g., laser energy) from a laser source (not shown).
- a laser beam 407 which comprises electromagnetic energy, may be emitted from the waveguide 405.
- a window 410 receives the laser beam 407 and may or may not shape the beam 407 into a modified laser beam 412 that impinges on a reflector 415.
- the reflector 415 may further modify the laser beam 412 to produce another laser beam 417 that is coupled to a tip 420.
- the tip 420 modifies the laser beam 417.
- the tip 420 which typically may have a nominally cylindrical shape (but is not limited to such), operates as a lens to modify the laser beam 417.
- the tip 420 converges the laser beam 417.
- the tip 420 emits a laser beam 422 having a minimum cross- sectional width or "waist" (cf. portion of laser beam 22 indicated by arrowhead tip of lead line 422).
- the part of laser beam 422 shown with the smallest cross-sectional width corresponds to the focal point or peak-concentration part of the laser beam 422, and may be directed to a target surface to accomplish relatively high-power or focused cutting of, for example, tissue.
- FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a laser handpiece architecture.
- the illustrated embodiment comprises a waveguide 505 that may provide functionality as described supra with reference to the waveguide 405 in FIG. 4 .
- the window 410 in the embodiment of FIG. 4 may be implemented as a window 510 in the embodiment of FIG. 5A .
- the window 510 may be formed of, for example, sapphire or glass transparent optical material, may or may not have an antireflective (AR) coating, and may be flat or lensed.
- the reflector 415 in FIG. 4 may be implemented as a reflector 515 in the embodiment of FIG.
- the reflector 515 may be formed of, for example, metal, ceramic material, sapphire, gold or other highly reflective (HR) material coated or plated for maximum reflection.
- Exemplary shapes of the reflector 515 may include flat, toroidal, parabolic, and the like. For instance, in modified embodiments the reflector may resemble either of those shown in FIGS. 1 or 2 .
- the tip 420 of FIG. 4 may be implemented as a tip 520 (that may be, for instance, a window) formed, for example, as a nominally cylindrical structure of, for example, one or more of sapphire and low OH glass.
- a typical tip 520 may be (but is not limited to) a non-coated construction, and/or may have biconvex shapes 519 and 521 as illustrated.
- Representative dimensions of the tip 520 may include a length ranging from about 2 mm to about 5 mm with a diameter ranging from about 1 mm to about 3 mm.
- FIG. 5B illustrates another variation on the theme of FIG. 4 , the embodiment of FIG. 4 being similar the embodiment of FIG. 5B with elements that evidently correspond to those of the embodiment of FIG. 4 .
- the embodiment of FIG. 5B differs in that a single convex surface 621 is provided on an output of a tip 620, the input to the tip being implemented as a flat surface 619.
- the embodiments may generate output laser beams 522 and 622 that exhibit a minimum width portion or "waist" that can be designed to have specified dimensions (e.g., a distance from the tip 520/620 and/or a beam diameter at the waist) according to shapes and/or materials chosen for one or more of the window 510/610, the reflector 515/615, and the tip 520/620 in respective FIGS. 5A and 5B .
- specified dimensions e.g., a distance from the tip 520/620 and/or a beam diameter at the waist
- Control of parameters of the waist can allow an improvement in high speed cutting of biological tissues (e.g., soft tissue, hard tissue, bone and/or hard tooth tissue) as compared with prior-art laser handpieces.
- a relatively long distance e.g., 5 or more, or, alternatively, 6 to 10 mm
- a relatively great distance e.g., more than 5 mm
- the output-tip emitting surface and the cutting tissue plane can advantageously or substantially reduce an amount of back reflection of, e.g., the power beam, back into the fiber emitting surface.
- the design(s) target the achievement of one or more of high density and uniformity (i.e., an about uniform cross-section) of electromagnetic energy (e.g., laser) power at a selected and controlled distance from output tip emitting surface.
- electromagnetic energy e.g., laser
- Another feature is to increase depth (e.g., to the target surface), wherein laser high-power density is kept relatively consistent at the increased depth.
- Designs of laser handpieces as described utilize converging-beam shapes and/or functions at or adjacent to the emitting surface of the output tip.
- the present handpiece incorporates a modification of the shape of the emitting surface.
- Designs of laser handpieces additionally and/or alternatively, may modify one, more than one, or all, of the other surfaces of the three optical elements (window, mirror and tip) to achieve, modify, control, and/or enhance the converging-beam function.
- the interrelation of the surfaces operate to achieve rapid, non-contact (i.e., without direct contact between the output tip and tissue, or with increased-spacing) cutting.
- a relatively long distance e.g., 5 or more mm
- a relatively long distance e.g., 5 or more mm
- components e.g., fluids, particles, debris, energy, power-beam and/or visible light
- An output tip is provided with an emitting surface that resembles and/or replicates a shape and/or functionality of a lens (e.g., that has a convex emitting surface 621 as shown in FIG. 5B ), and that provides one, more or all of the herein described advantages.
- the energy output of the handpiece can, consequently, provide, for example, a desired beam distribution (e.g., with the beam focus point or the peak concentration of the beam) at the cutting area.
- the cutting area can be spaced, for example, about 4 to about 10 mm, or, in particular and/or preferred examples, about 5 to about 7 mm, from the emitting surface. All three optical elements can be designed, in various combinations, to provide the desired beam distribution (e.g., a beam focus and/or a peak concentration of the beam) at the predetermined distances.
- the output tip 520/620 is first constructed to have an output surface 521/621 in a shape of, and/or with the functionality of, a lens, and, subsequently, one or more of other surfaces (e.g., five surfaces including output end of trunk fiber, i.e., waveguide 505/605, surfaces of window 510/610 and reflector 515/615, and input 519/619 of tip 520/620), are designed to possess, e.g., one or more of a flat and a curved surface.
- other surfaces e.g., five surfaces including output end of trunk fiber, i.e., waveguide 505/605, surfaces of window 510/610 and reflector 515/615, and input 519/619 of tip 520/620
- One of possible combinations is to keep the window 510 not changed, make the reflector 515 (e.g., 90-degree mirror) flat and add convex surfaces 519 and 521 to both ends of the output tip 520 ( FIG. 5A ). These choices may allow creating a beam waist having a diameter nearly the same as the diameter of the original fiber, i.e., waveguide 505, at a certain (e.g., predefined, e.g., 5, 6 or 7 mm) distance away from the tip surface. In addition, that implementation may allow maintenance of a relatively high power density (e.g., and/or of no, or no significant, variation) at the certain distance (e.g., around the beam waist).
- a relatively high power density e.g., and/or of no, or no significant, variation
- the output tip is interchangeable to allow switching between different output tips for functionality variation (e.g., of a converging characteristic performed on the beam, such as a change of the selected distance where the "waist" occurs and/or the width and/or cross-sectional shape and/or power density of the waist) and/or for cleaning I autoclaving.
- functionality variation e.g., of a converging characteristic performed on the beam, such as a change of the selected distance where the "waist" occurs and/or the width and/or cross-sectional shape and/or power density of the waist
- an embodiment of the laser handpiece is formed to include a reference arm 715, which is affixed to a housing 705 that supports a tip (not shown) within tip ferrule 710 (cf. tip ferrule of FIG. 1 ) of a handpiece 700.
- the reference arm added to the design may comprise a straight, curved, spiral, or any other shape or shapes (e.g., of an elongate member or members) for facilitating spacing of the tip 710 from the tissue.
- the reference arm provides a visible and "feelable" reference to the location of the cutting area of the laser beam and/or a bottom of a cavity created by the cutting.
- the electromagnetic energy emitted by the handpiece may comprise laser energy and/or visible light and may operate to provide or promote one or more of cutting, ablating, desterilization, bacterial reduction, biostimulation (e.g., low-level light therapy), coagulation, remodeling, caries detection or treatment, and illumination (e.g., with visible light).
- biostimulation e.g., low-level light therapy
- coagulation coagulation
- remodeling e.g., caries detection or treatment
- illumination e.g., with visible light
- the electromagnetic energy can comprise one or more of an electromagnetic energy source of ablation, and/or an electromagnetic energy source of illumination, and/or an electromagnetic energy source of tissue disruption, and/or an electromagnetic energy source of biostimulation.
- the target surface may comprise, for example, one or more of tooth tissue, bone, cartilage and soft tissue such as skin or nasal-cavity tissue.
- the energy output can comprise one or more of hard-tissue ablating electromagnetic energy, low-level light therapy (LLLT) electromagnetic energy, tissue-biostimulation electromagnetic energy, visible electromagnetic energy, coherent light, one or more of a wavelength within a range from about 2.69 to about 2.80 microns and a wavelength of about 2.94 microns, and electromagnetic energy generated by one or more of an Er:YAG laser, an Er:YSGG laser, an Er, a Cr:YSGG laser and a CTE:YAG laser.
- LLLT low-level light therapy
- a structure e.g., cannula(s) or orifice(s)
- a fluid can be routed distally along an outer surface (e.g., the entire or substantially the entire outer surface, near the distal end) of the output tip.
- fluid may be supplied through one or more gaps disposed between an outer surface of the waveguide (e.g., fiber optic) and the interior surface of a cannula.
- the fluid can be a liquid or may comprise a combination of liquid and gas.
- the liquid is or comprises water, and in other implementations it is or comprises both air and water which, for example, can be mixed together either before or within the gap.
- the fluid can comprise atomized fluid particles formed from a mixture of pressurized air and water and delivered through the gap to exit from the fluid output.
- a volume between the tissue ablating and/or tissue-treating distal end and the distal end of a cannula can be transparent to a wavelength of energy emitted from the source of electromagnetic energy.
- a volume between (a) the tissue ablating and/or tissue- treating distal end and (b) the distal end of the cannula does not obstruct atomized fluid particles traveling in the direction from the fluid output to the distal end of the cannula.
- a volume between (a) the tissue ablating and/or tissue-treating distal end and (b) the target surface is not obstructed by any part of the apparatus.
- the apparatus can comprise a fluid output that is configured to emit fluid in a vicinity of the distal end of the apparatus, wherein: the fluid output comprises an atomizer configured to place atomized fluid particles into a volume above the target surface.
- the electromagnetic energy waveguide is configured to impart relatively large amounts of energy into the atomized fluid particles in the volume above the target surface to thereby expand the atomized fluid particles and impart disruptive forces onto the target surface.
- a medical handpiece includes a handpiece housing and a source of electromagnetic energy disposed within the handpiece housing and adapted for emitting electromagnetic energy from a distal end of the handpiece housing.
- An illumination source is disposed within the handpiece housing for projecting light from the distal end of the handpiece housing onto a target surface.
- the illumination source may include a fiber optic bundle.
- a medication line may also be disposed within the handpiece housing for outputting medication through a distal end of the handpiece housing onto a target surface.
- laser energy from the trunk fiber is output from a power or treatment fiber, and is directed, for example, into fluid (e.g., an air and/or water spray or an atomized distribution of fluid particles from a water connection and/or a spray connection near an output end of a handpiece) that is emitted from a fluid output of a handpiece above a target surface (e.g., one or more of tooth, bone, cartilage and soft tissue).
- the fluid output may comprise a plurality of fluid outputs, concentrically arranged around a power fiber, as described in, for example, App. 11/042,824 and Prov. App. 60/601,415 .
- the power or treatment fiber may be coupled to an electromagnetic energy source comprising one or more of a wavelength within a range from about 2.69 to about 2.80 microns and a wavelength of about 2.94 microns.
- the power fiber may be coupled to one or more of an Er:YAG laser, an Er:YSGG laser, an Er, Cr:YSGG laser and a CTE:YAG laser, and in particular instances may be coupled to one of an Er, Cr:YSGG solid state laser having a wavelength of about 2.789 microns and an Er:YAG solid state laser having a wavelength of about 2.940 microns.
- An apparatus including corresponding structure for directing electromagnetic energy into an atomized distribution of fluid particles above a target surface is disclosed, for example, in the below-referenced Pat. 5,574,247 , which describes the impartation of laser energy into fluid particles to thereby apply disruptive forces to the target surface.
- a laser assembly has been described that can output electromagnetic radiation useful to diagnose, monitor and/or affect a target surface.
- a probe can include one or more power or treatment fibers for transmitting treatment radiation to a target surface for treating (e.g., ablating) a dental structure, such as within a canal.
- the light for illumination and/or diagnostics may be transmitted simultaneously with, or intermittently with or separate from, transmission of treatment radiation and/or of the fluid from the fluid output or outputs.
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- Handstück (600, 700) zur Laserbehandlung einer Gewebezielfläche, aufweisend:ein Gehäuse (705);einen Wellenleiter (605), welcher eingerichtet und ausgebildet ist,elektromagnetische Energie von einer Laserquelle zu erhalten;ein Fenster (610), welches eingerichtet und ausgebildet ist, die elektromagnetische Energie von dem Wellenleiter (605) zu erhalten undelektromagnetische Energie auszugeben;eine Ausgangsspitze (620, 710);einen Reflektor (615), welcher ausgerichtet ist, elektromagnetische Energie zu der Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) umzulenken, wobei der Reflektor (615) eingerichtet ist, elektromagnetische Energie, welche von dem Fenster (610) erhalten worden ist, umzulenken, wobei die Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) eine Emissionsfläche (621) aufweist, welche eingerichtet und ausgebildet ist,elektromagnetische Energie, welche von dem Reflektor (615) erhalten worden ist, zu erhalten und zu konvergieren und sie auf eine ausgewählte und kontrollierte Distanz zu fokussieren,wobei die ausgewählte Distanz gewählt ist, Rückreflektion von Komponenten des Ziels zu der Emissionsfläche auf ein Level zu reduzieren, welches Schneiden von Gewebe vernachlässigbar behindert; undeinen Referenzarm (715), welcher an dem Gehäuse angebracht ist, wobei der Referenzarm (715) eingerichtet und ausgebildet ist, eine sichtbare und spürbare Referenz zu der Position des Schneidebereichs des Laserstrahls bereitzustellen,um Beabstandung der Ausgangsspitze (620; 710) von dem Gewebe zu erleichtern, sodass die Ausgangsspitze (620; 710) bei der ausgewählten Distanz über dem Gewebe arbeiten kann.
- Handstück nach Anspruch 1, wobei:
eines oder mehrere von dem Fenster (610), Reflektor (615) und der Spitze (620, 710) adaptiert sind, eine gewünschte Verteilung von elektromagnetischer Energie auf der Zielfläche bereitzustellen. - Handstück nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, ferner einen Fluidausgang aufweisend, welcher adaptiert ist, Fluidpartikel zu emittieren, wobei elektromagnetische Energie, welche von der Emissionsfläche (621) emittiert wird, Energie in die Fluidpartikel vermitteln kann, um dadurch disruptive Kräfte auf die Zielfläche anzuwenden.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei die Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) auswechselbar ist und das Handstück ferner eine Vielzahl von Ausgangsspitzen (620, 710) aufweist, welche unterschiedliche Strahlkonvergierende Charakteristiken haben.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei:das Fenster (610) transparentes optisches Saphir- oder Glas-Material aufweist;der Reflektor (615) Metall, keramisches Material oder Saphir aufweist und eine flache, toroidale oder parabolische Form hat; unddie Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) Saphir oder Glas aufweist und eine in etwa zylindrische Form hat.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) eine Länge im Bereich von etwa 2 mm bis etwa 5 mm hat.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei die Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) einen Durchmesser im Bereich von etwa 1 mm bis etwa 3 mm hat.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei die Emissionsfläche (621) der Ausgangsspitze (620, 710) die Funktionalität einer Linse bereitstellt.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei die Emissionsfläche (621) eine konvexe Linse aufweist.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei eine reflektierende Fläche des Reflektors (615) eine flache Form hat.
- Handstück nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, wobei das Handstück eingerichtet ist, sodass elektromagnetische Energie, welche auf die Gewebezielfläche gerichtet ist, auf die ausgewählte Distanz fokussiert wird, welche von etwa 5 mm bis etwa 10 mm reicht.
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